Author: Matthew Brown

Washington Post – Politics:

The role of speaker is one of the few that appears in the Constitution. But the rules for picking one were intentionally left vague.

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called on the state’s legislature to eliminate runoff voting during its session next year after another bitter overtime election.

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Georgia’s runoff system was created in 1964 after the urging of a powerful segregationist. Now, 58 years later, two Black men are competing for a U.S. Senate seat.

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In Georgia, a 2021 Republican-backed voting law imposed new general election deadlines and requirements — and tightened the timeline for a runoff election.

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The ruling is a victory for Democrats and voting rights advocates, who had argued that guidance from the state unfairly disenfranchised voters.

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Officials have said early voting on the Saturday is not legally possible because of a state holiday once known as “Robert E. Lee’s Birthday.”

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Sen. Raphael G. Warnock and Herschel Walker are headed to a runoff in Georgia. Here is how that works.

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Since the issue was discovered, many of those affected have received an absentee ballot or have opted to vote by another method, according to county officials.

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The vast majority cast their ballots in person, and mail-in-ballot requests have fallen significantly from past election cycles.